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![]() Male Players - Australia
Alan Geoffrey FairfaxBorn: 16 June 1906, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South WalesDied: 17 May 1955, Kensington, London, England Major Teams: New South Wales, Australia. Known As: Alan Fairfax Batting Style: Right Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium Test Debut: Australia v England at Melbourne, 5th Test, 1928/29 Latest Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, 5th Test, 1930/31 Career Statistics:TESTS (including 27/02/1931) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 10 12 4 410 65 51.25 0 4 15 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 253.2 54 645 21 30.71 4-31 0 0 72.3 2.54 FIRST-CLASS (1928/29 - 1934) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 56 76 10 1910 104 28.93 1 9 41 0 R W Ave BBI 5 10 Bowling 3735 134 27.87 6-54 2 0 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Alan FairfaxProfile:Fairfax, originally an elegant if somewhat restrained batsman he became a genuine all-rounder who would almost certainly have played many more tests had he not signed as a professional for Accrington in the Lancashire League in 1932. He remained in England running an indoor cricket school in London until the war. His test career could hardly have had a better start as in his first match he made 65 as he shared in an Australian record fifth wicket stand of 183 with another of the season's test debutants, one Donald George Bradman. His test batting average of over 50 is all the more remarkable as it wasn't boosted by any centuries. His bowling at a lively medium pace delivered from a high action and close to the stumps was initially seen as a useful adjunct to his batting but he soon developed into a genuine all rounder. He was badly injured during the war and his health never fully recovered. (Jeff Green, greenjk@dircon.co.uk) |
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